Gulf restoration bill advanced in House
House lawmakers today advanced legislation that would dedicate 80 percent of Clean Water Act penalties from last year's oil spill to restoring the Gulf of Mexico. The move follows a Senate committee's...
View ArticleCornyn holds out on bill to bring spill money to Gulf region
Texas Republican John Cornyn is the only holdout among Gulf Coast senators in support of two bills that would funnel a portion of the fines from last year's Deepwater Horizon oil spill to ecological...
View ArticleRepublicans divided over using spill fines to restore Gulf Coast
A battle is brewing among some House Republicans over a plan to dedicate most of the fines from last year's oil spill to restoring the Gulf of Mexico. Some key GOP lawmakers today suggested Gulf states...
View ArticleHouse OKs directing most BP spill fines to Gulf restoration
The House of Representatives on Thursday amended an energy-transportation bill to include language setting aside 80 percent of Clean Water Act fines from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill for...
View ArticleSenate to vote on Keystone XL, drilling amendments to highway bill
Two measures pertaining to a federal permit for the Keystone XL pipeline are among those that will get votes Thursday as amendments to sweeping Senate transportation legislation, under an agreement...
View ArticleSenate rejects Keystone XL measures, OKs directing spill fines to Gulf
The Senate on Thursday rejected controversial Republican proposals to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, expand offshore drilling into new waters, and delay environmental regulations for industrial...
View ArticleSenate passes highway bill with Gulf Coast restoration measure
The Senate approved a transportation bill on Wednesday that contained a bipartisan measure to direct certain civil penalties assessed against companies involved in the 2010 oil spill to the Gulf Coast...
View ArticleMeasure dedicating spill fines to Gulf moves closer to passage
House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a measure that could send Gulf Coast states billions of dollars in fines from the 2010 oil spill.
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